Chapter 852: 852 Bitterness 2
“Because Wan Fangcai threatened me,” she said, “he told me if I didn’t marry him, he would have someone beat you to death, and the Xiao Family wouldn’t be able to live a single day in peace! He’s a ruthless man and he’d really do it. I married him to avoid bringing trouble to you and the Xiao Family. If I hadn’t spoken so heartlessly on purpose, I was afraid you’d do something foolish in your impulsiveness.”
After hearing her words, Xiao Yishan laughed scornfully, “Do you think I’m a three-year-old child, who’d believe anything you make up?”
Her eyes brimming with tears, “I’m not lying to you, it’s true!”
“What does it matter if it’s true?”
She was suddenly at a loss for words, looking at his stern and resolute face, she shamelessly said, “Dashan, let me make it up to you. Let me use the rest of my life to make amends!”
“The love that I, Xiao Yishan, had with you in this life was the shame of my lifetime!” he pointed to his left face, “See the scar on my face? It’s better to say it was branded by you, the wretch, than to say it was scratched by a bear blind. I wish I could chop you up into pieces! And you even think of coming back to me? What a joke!”
Liu Haitang saw deep hatred and scorn devoid of any affection in his eyes, and she felt ashamed and terrified.
If it had been before, she wouldn’t have deigned to pay attention to him!
Nowadays, her daughter had died, and she was divorced back to her maternal home. Though there were still marriage proposals, the suitors were all so poor they clinked when they walked, or they were old and ugly, and those few who did propose were not at all satisfactory.
Back then, she had abandoned Xiao Yishan, resulting in his disfigurement. The villagers didn’t say much openly, but privately they called her heartless as a snake or scorpion, and many poor bachelors didn’t come proposing.
Her aspirations to marry into a wealthy household were now utterly impossible.
Today, she also heard that the Xiao Family had returned all their money to Su Qingyue, but even if the Xiao Family’s hundred acres of farmland were divided among the three sons, Xiao Yishan still had over thirty acres, remaining a wealthy household.
She thought of how well Xiao Yishan had treated her in the past; naturally, she wanted to return to his side.
She had assumed that cajoling him and receiving a couple of slaps would satisfy him, but she hadn’t expected him to be so resolute.
She cast a spiteful look at Li Rong’er, convinced that it was this vile woman who had interfered!
When Li Rong’er caught Liu Haitang’s gaze, she sneered inwardly, an unwanted inferior product making up stories that her former lover would no longer buy.
Xiao Yishan felt displeased by Liu Haitang’s gaze, “Why are you looking at Rong’er?”
“Dashan, have you been blinded by her, otherwise…” She tried to say something, but Xiao Yishan roared, “Don’t you dare insult Rong’er! Even if there’s nothing between her and me, it’s none of your business, Liu Haitang!”
“I’d rather die a bachelor than accept you,” he pointed toward the door, “You’ve said what you came to say. Now get out of the Xiao Family immediately!”
She bit her lower lip and shakily got up from the ground, pleading, “Dashan, I truly had no other choice back then; if you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do.”
In the past, her tears would have softened his heart.
But now, seeing his indifferent demeanor, she felt a chill in her heart.
Li Rong’er pushed her, “The second young Master told you to leave, didn’t you hear?”
Liu Haitang snapped, “Who are you, a servant, to push me?”
“Even if I am a servant, I’m a servant of the Xiao Family, and it has nothing to do with you!” Li Rong’er didn’t want Liu Haitang to stay any longer.